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Weiss Special Issue Field Watch Hands-On
If you are looking for a watch these days, your options are virtually limitless. If you want that watch to be made in the United States, then things narrow down a bit more. If you are looking for said watch to have a mechanical movement finished and assembled here in the States, and then placed under a dial and into a case made here in the States as well, things really narrow down quite a bit for you. As a matter of fact, your options can be counted on one hand. Today, we are going to cover one of them, the Weiss Special Issue Field Watch.You might be saying to yourself, “Special issue? Weiss has been making these Field Watches all along!” As a matter of fact, we have actually talked about the Standard Issue Field Watch two times now (full review here and more about their American production here).?What makes this edition special can be found right on the dial. They just recently released two new dial colors (carbon and latte), and with those dials, we get a new handset st
Richemont Continues Restructure With CEO Shakeups At Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, & Alfred Dunhill
Today, we received the news that the CEOs of Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, and fashion brand Alfred Dunhill (who used to make watches but, I believe, do not anymore) are leaving their respective brands in spring of this year.?Philippe Leopold-Metzger of Piaget and?Juan-Carlos Torres of Vacheron are retiring while?Daniel Riedo of Jaeger-LeCoultre and?Fabrizio Cardinali of Alfred Dunhill have “decided to leave” their positions.Back in November 2016, the Richemont Group began the process of untangling and simplifying a bloated corporate structure by dissolving their CEO & CFO positions at Richemont HQ and appointed?IWC CEO Georges Kern as head of watchmaking, marketing, and digital for all the Richemont brands and appointed Montblanc CEO Jerome Lambert as head of operations. The shakeup also came with a warning from Richemont Executive Chairman and?controlling shareholder Johann Rupert that?“Underperforming brands need to be fixed or sold.”